"...Oak Technology announced today that Mitsumi Electric of Japan is the first OEM to market with a CD recording device for the consumer market based on Oak's recently announced OTI-8001 audio and video CD recording controller.

The CR-503ITA CD audio recorder kit from Mitsumi uses Oak's OTI-8001 controller to create a cost-effective consumer CD recording drive module optimized for audio recording applications. The Mitsumi CD recording kit includes a loader, player/recorder mechanism and Oak controller that consumer electronics device manufacturers can easily incorporate in audio equipment to provide a fully functional audio CD recorder. Mitsumi is a volume supplier of CD-ROM and CD-RW drive modules along with a wide variety of other electronic components and subsystems to leading consumer electronics manufacturers..."